Manly coach Seibold frustrated over grueling schedule with three games in 11 days, highlighting player welfare concerns.
Manly coach Anthony Seibold has every reason to complain about the club's brutal draw that has included three games in 11 days, the latest a two-point loss to the Dragons on Thursday night.
"The NRL has never been more demanding and we talk about player welfare and wellbeing and so on and I just don't understand how … not only five games in 25 days but three in 11 days," Seibold said after his side's 20-18 loss to the Dragons on Thursday night.
"I see it's the same at other clubs, the Raiders, the Sharks … but just look at us for a minute. Three games in 11 days then we lose two days going to Perth, it's a five-hour trip...